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4.18 / 5 based on 475 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
There is nothing like having your own space
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Personal comments
They are all on the outskirts of Madrid and frankly who wants to live in the suburbs?
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
London is the most overpriced city in the world!!
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Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Food, Housing, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
Professors have no control over the students. They chat during class making it very hard for you to concentrate. Certain professors seem to get annoyed with the Erasmus students because their level of Spanish is not perfect. This was not my personal experience but there have been some who have complained about that.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It's quite a chaotic disorganised univeristy for a UK student.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I'm not sure what I'm expected to write here. I'm fluent in Spanish and have been for many many years. The only problem I had was that I speak Latin American spanish so at times there were slight difficulties in understanding each other.
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